LAHORE, Jan 2: The Lahore Development Authority governing body approved a number of uplift projects at its meeting held here on Monday with District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood in chair.
The body approved the purchase of three new asphalt plants at a cost of Rs63.8 million, besides construction of roads, construction of LDA model high schools for boys and girls in Johar Town at a cost of Rs70 million and construction of a building on 10 kanal area in Johar Town Commercial Centre for accommodating LDA offices at a cost of Rs30 million.
The governing body also approved reconstruction of College Road in Lahore Township at a cost of Rs50 million and demolition of all unauthorized bridges. It also decided to allot a 256-kanal plot for construction of a new girls’ high school in Gujjarpura and a 20-kanal plot for a new dental college campus in Jubilee Town.
The meeting was attended by District Coordination Officer Mian Muhammad Ijaz, LDA Director-General Tauqir Ahmed Faiq, Wasa Managing Director Inam Qadir, Shalamar Town Nazim Shafqat-un-Nisa Begum, Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Tariq Sana Bajwa, Wagha Town Nazim Khalid Javed Ghurki, Samanabad Town Nazim Mian Javed Ali, Ravi Town Nazim Yousaf Ahad, Aziz Bhatti Town Nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Ashraf, Gulberg Town Nazim Faraz Ahmed Chaudhry, Allama Iqbal Town Nazim Sadra Kamal Omar and representatives of housing, local government and planning and development departments.
CHOKED SEWERAGE: Awami Colony Welfare Society has criticized Wasa for turning a deaf ear to complaints about choking of sewerage.
Society’s spokesman Hanif Ramay said in a statement that roads and streets in the colony situated at Nishtar Town UC-134 were flooded due to choking of sewerage. Residents had to wade through dirty water to reach their places of work and business and were contracting skin diseases but the Wasa officials showed indifference to their repeated complaints and protests.
He has appealed to the district nazim to take pity on plight of the colony residents and direct Wasa officials to put sewerage in order. —Reporter